Getting frustrated with the lack of HD channels on Freeview in the UK (especially now we’re all locked inside!) and have been looking into the options of satellite or IPTV. Now I know silicon dust don’t have any satellite offerings available in the UK so I’m looking at IPTV.

Does anyone know any good IPTV providers in the uk and how that would be integrated into channels? I have seen a few threads on here about using telly etc.

I am looking at tellyhost.com for the IPTV stream but will need to know how to get that into channels.

'TV Everywhere' is more or less a US-only concept, and the Channels devs can't just add providers, especially UK providers, as they have no control over which providers choose to participate. Sadly there are no legal IPTV services in the UK that you could use with Channels. Sky, Virgin and BT all have their own proprietary apps that allow streaming most channels to phones and tablets. They have shown little interest in putting those apps on streaming boxes like Apple/Android/Fire TV (but that is slowly changing). I don't see them creating anything like TV Everywhere (i.e., 3rd party apps accessing their channels) in the foreseeable future.

If you want to watch Freesat/free-to-view satellite TV via Channels, you can do it unofficially but it involves purchasing a SAT>IP receiver (basically an HDHR for satellite), setting up Tvheadend to receive the broadcasts, then setting up Telly as a go-between for Channels and Tvheadend. It's doable if you have the right technical skills, but it's not going to give you many more HD channels beyond what's already available on Freeview.